"There's still good activity in media and tech, but financial services is the one area that's in turmoil, and that's a lot of what drives midtown, " said Robert Sammons, vice president of research at Cassidy Turley, a commercial brokerage.
That's where Robert Redford, star of movies such as Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid and All The President's Men and director of films including Ordinary People, comes in.